S9 Ep178: Look back at worlds, forward to Roubaix
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2021
⏱️ 73 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
We hear from Elisa Longo Borghini, who led her Italian teammate Elisa Balsamo out to victory in Flanders, and from the British riders Lizzie Deignan and Anna Henderson.
There are also interviews with two riders who were retiring after the road race: Ruth Winder and Anna van der Breggen, who exits with her legacy secured as one of the all-time greats.
And we hear from the chief executive of Flanders Classics, Tomas Van Den Spiegel, about his vision for women's racing in Flanders.
The Cycling Podcast Féminin is supported by Supersapiens and Science in Sport.
Supersapiens is a continuous glucose monitoring system that helps you make the right fuelling choices. See supersapiens.com
This episode is supported by Babbel, the fun and effective way of learning a new language, using bite-sized lessons to teach you words and phrases that you will actually use in the real world. Right now, Babbel is offering our listeners six months free with a purchase of a 6-month subscription. Go to Babbel.com/play and enter the promo code CYCLING.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Cycling Podcast Femina, |
| 0:14.6 | powered by Super Sapiens, Energy Management for Committed Athletes and Coaches. |
| 0:20.2 | Well, would you believe it? We're back already. |
| 0:31.0 | Cycling Podcast Femina and coming out you thick and fast this month. |
| 0:34.6 | You probably had hardly any time to miss us, but I can tell you, I've missed my co-hosts. |
| 0:40.0 | What could I say? I bet we've been this early. |
| 0:43.6 | Let me introduce Richard Moore, who's looking very sober for a man who spent so much time in flanders. |
| 0:50.9 | Thank you, Rose. Thank you, Rose. |
| 0:54.0 | Well, I'll show you, no way. Hello, hello. Is that the hangover kicking-in, Richard, or has it set in the |
| 0:58.3 | line? I think you've got all the idea. I was there working. I was there working. |
| 1:03.6 | Observing. I was observing beer being drunk by lots of people. But surely part of the observational |
| 1:11.0 | experience is also experiential. Is this like the journalistic equivalent of method acting? |
| 1:19.9 | Exactly. The Daniel Dailius of the Cycling Podcast. |
| 1:25.6 | You're like a Hunter S. Thompson or something. Definitely a nice thing you've ever said to me. |
| 1:32.4 | I won't say you wish me, but yeah. |
| 1:34.8 | No, I had my famous stew and my Belgian beers and it was all great. I soaked the olive. |
| 1:43.2 | Freezing mayo. Literally. I soaked up the atmosphere and I soaked up the beer. |
| 1:48.0 | Did you have chips in mayo? Yeah, yeah. Did I did all that? |
| 1:51.9 | Oh, yeah, you're glorious. That sounds great. The crowds looked absolutely spectacular. |
| 1:58.4 | Couldn't believe it. What a return to our team. It was unbelievable. |
| 2:02.1 | It was unbelievable. Yeah, and it started even the previous weekend in |
| 2:07.6 | Bruges. The time trials were a moment I think where I know certainly the |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Cycling Podcast, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of The Cycling Podcast and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.